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For the prediction that UFC President Dana White made about UFC 162 trending to about 800,000 buys was a little bit off. According to Dave Meltzer from MMAFighting.com, UFC 162 featuring Chris Weidman knocking off Anderson Silva to win the UFC middleweight championship did about 550,000 buys on pay-per view. The promotion based around the fight was that fighters were ...

On today’s podcast Steve talks to Fighthype.com lead writer Percy Crawford. Steve and Percy recap UFC 162 from Saturday night as Chris Weidman defeated Anderson Silva to become the UFC middleweight champion. Steve and Percy discuss what’s next for Weidman and Silva, will Silva retire, discuss whether Silva was really into the fight and much more. The guys then get ...

Dana White announced in May that the next two members of the UFC Hall of Fame would be former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. That ceremony took place on Saturday at the UFC Fan Expo leading up to UFC 162. Here is the video below provided by MMA Heat with the complete induction of both fighters. ...

UFC 162 took place on Saturday night with Chris Weidman defeating Anderson Silva to become the UFC middleweight champion. The Nevada State Athletic Commission sent an email to media members with the disclosed salaries of all the UFC 162 participants. Weidman took home a disclosed $48,000, while Silva took a home a disclosed $600,000, which topped all fighters on the ...

After knocking out the longest reigning champion in UFC history, Chris Weidman picked up a little extra money for his handywork. The new middleweight champion picked up an additional $50,000 for his “knockout of the night” win over Anderson Silva. UFC officials also announced after the card that they were handing two $50,000 “fight of the night” bonuses as well. ...

Chris Weidman said he got into MMA because he knew he could beat Anderson Silva. The New York native made good on his promise. Weidman (10-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) shocked the world as he defeated Anderson Silva (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC) by knockout at 1:18 of Round 2 to become the UFC middleweight champion. Weidman took Silva down early in ...

On today’s podcast we start our preview for UFC 162, which takes this Saturday night in Las Vegas. The main event of that show will feature UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva as he will be squaring off with Chris Weidman. On today’s podcast we speak to UFC middleweight Tim Boetsch as he discusses his bout with Mark Munoz this Saturday ...

The UFC traditionally does an event every year on Fourth of July weekend. This year is no different. UFC 162 takes place on Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC last night aired, “Countdown to UFC 162” last night on Fuel TV. The episode previewed the main event featuring UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva ...

UFC 162 is this Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main event features the pound for pound king and possibly the greatest of all-time, the UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva(33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC) facing off with number one contender Chris Weidman (9-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC). In the video above, some of the UFC’s biggest ...